2. Love and death on the Volga : dramas and distractions at the famine front

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3. Say it ain't so, comrade : American adventures in the communist utopia

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4. Masters of efficiency : youthful America confronts eternal Russia

Epilogue: Since then

Appendix: Riga agreement.

When famine struck Bolshevik Russia in 1921, the US responded with a two-year relief mission that battled starvation and disease, and saved millions of lives. The tale told here is largely derived from the diaries, memoirs and letters of the American participants. (source: Nielsen Book Data) 9780804744935 20160528